Ancrene wisse
Subtitle: a corrected edition of the text in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, ms 402, with variants from other manuscripts.
By: edited] by Bella Millett ; drawing on the uncompleted edition by E.J. Dobson ; with a glossary and additional notes by Richard Dance.
Contributors: Millett, Bella.; Corpus Christi College (University of Cambridge). Library.
Series: Early English Text Society O.S -- 325; Early English Text Society (Series) -- no. 325.
Publisher: Published for the Early English Text Society by the Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng; enm
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780197223284
Subjects: Ancren riwle; Christian literature, English (Middle); Women -- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800; Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Rules -- Early works to 1800; Hermits -- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.; Rules
Description: The thirteenth-century Ancrene Wisse is one of the major works of early Middle English prose, and was repeatedly revised and adapted for different audiences. It has attracted much attention from students of church history and women's studies as a highly influential, important example of pastoral guidance for women religions. This is the first edition to bring together the full manuscript evidence, and to set it in its broader cultural and institutional context.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.